Chinese Communist Party - The African Mirror

Mar

2024

Jail terms of up to 7 years for 12 who stormed Hong Kong legislature

A Hong Kong court sentenced 12 people to jail terms from more than four years to nearly seven years in a high-profile rioting case linked to the storming of the city legislature during a pro-democracy protest in 2019. The incident was a pivotal moment in the months-long protests that embroiled the China-ruled city in the boldest populist uprising against Chinese Communist Party rule since the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing. Protesters broke into Hong Kong's legislative council building on July 1, 2019, smashing windows and streaming inside as public anger mounted over an extradition bill that would have allowed…

Jan

2024

By ABBEY MAKOE

China’s diplomacy seeks to “make the world a better place for all” – President Xi

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, EDITORS CHOICE

CHINA has exercised a steadfast determination in its foreign policy stance, insisting on emphasis on multilateralism and shared prosperity throughout the international community. The rapid geopolitical rise of China’s global stature under President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party has been accompanied by massive economic growth that has catapulted China into the world’s second-largest economy after only the US. Geopolitical economists believe that China, as the world’s fastest developing economy over the past decade, stands in good stead to overtake the US as the world’s biggest economy. This is good news for the entire global south in particular. China’s…

Jan

2024

By JESSIE PANG and DOROTHY KAM

Hong Kong tycoon Lai pleads not guilty in national security trial

WORLD

HONG Kong tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty in a landmark trial, where he is accused of endangering China's national security, as prosecutors laid out details of what they said was collusion with foreign forces. Lai, a leading critic of the Chinese Communist Party, faces two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces - including calling for sanctions against Hong Kong and Chinese officials - under a China-imposed national security law. "Not guilty," Lai said three times as each charge was read, appearing calm as he sat in a glass dock surrounded by guards and a…

Jul

2021

By The African Mirror

The Communist Party claims to have brought prosperity and equality to China. Here’s the real impact of its rule

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

THE Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in full swing to prepare for the 100th anniversary of its founding this week, with an intense publicity push to crow about its achievements. CHONGYI FENG, Associate Professor in China Studies, University of Technology Sydney However, the CCP has little to celebrate in terms of what it has done for China. Its chief achievement has been how it has managed to survive and stay in power for so long. So, what exactly does the CCP lay claim to, and where does the truth lie? 1. Chinese sovereignty The top claim on the list is…

Jul

2020

By The African Mirror

Pompeo urges more assertive approach to ‘Frankenstein’ China

WORLD

DAVID BRUNNSTROM and DAPHNE PSALEDAKIS U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took a fresh aim at China and said Washington and its allies must use "more creative and assertive ways" to press the Chinese Communist Party to change its ways, calling it the "mission of our time." Speaking at the Nixon Library in President Richard Nixon's birthplace in Yorba Linda, California, Pompeo said the former U.S. leader's worry about what he had done by opening the world to China's Communist Party in the 1970s had been prophetic. "President Nixon once said he feared he had created a 'Frankenstein' by opening…